Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Bessler Auto Parts

Name: Bessler Auto Parts Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Wilder, KY · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Bessler Auto Parts runs at 296% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Bessler Auto Parts: 6.5 TCR = 296% of Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bessler Auto Parts safety composite

Bessler Auto Parts scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−13.2

2019→2022

Bessler Auto Parts injury rate improved

Bessler Auto Parts's TCR fell 13.2 from 19.2 in 2019 to 6.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=19.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423140 · Wilder, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 296% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO UPAP-Aurora
BOOK 4y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UPAP-Aurora (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Bessler Auto Parts averages 6.5 TCR (296% of the Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Bessler Auto Parts TCR series: 2019=19.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=6 · BLS 2.2

Where Bessler Auto Parts falls in its industry

235 Generators, motor vehicle elec establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Generators, motor vehicle elec employers in Kentucky.

Bessler Auto Parts (55 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Bessler Auto Parts has more employees than the Generators, motor vehicle electrical, us median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries
2022	6.0	4.0	6
2021	0.8	0.8	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	19.2	0.0	10

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423140 · KY · Wilder

235 Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 16 employers in Wilder, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	UPAP-Aurora	AURORA, CO	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1371 LKQ Advanced	CUMBERLAND, RI	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1750/3249 Keystone Topeka	TOPEKA, KS	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chuck's Auto Salvage	DOUGLASSVILLE, PA	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission	PRESTONSBURG	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Infinity Pipeline, Inc.	BOWLING GREEN	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Building Crafts, Inc. (Iowa Region)	WILDER	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ProPump and Controls Inc	SHELBYVILLE	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Castellini Company LLC	Wilder	398 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WLD	Wilder	258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Building Crafts, Inc. (KY Region)	Wilder	118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Andrews Laser Works	Wilder	105 FTE
NAT-TCR	Brookdale Grayson View	Selinsgrove, PA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	SDO-ODFL	San Diego, CA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	White Rock Headstart	Lynchburg, VA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	429 - Longmont	Longmont, CO	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Tops #262	Angola, NY	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tops #672	Kane, PA	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Meals on Wheels Fairfield County	Lancaster, OH	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Oak Leaf Manor South	Millersville, PA	55 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.